Elizabeth Holmes is denied request to stay out of prison Former Theranos CEO and convicted fraud Elizabeth Holmes is expected to go to prison on April 27 for a sentence of more…
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Rebranding egg donation with Lauren Makler from Cofertility
Rebranding egg donation with Lauren Makler from Cofertility Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Lauren Makler, the co-founder…
Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M
Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M Yfood, one of the direct-to-consumer food tech startups that has emerged over the last…
Portable X-ray vision is one step closer to reality with OXOS Medical
Portable X-ray vision is one step closer to reality with OXOS Medical The global medical imaging market was valued at a touch over $28 billion in 2021, and is only expected to…
Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon
Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon Colossal Biosciences bills itself as the “de-extinction company” and is seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian…
Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card
Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card What do you do when you have a very successful and popular product (marijuana) that is legal in some places, but…
Amazon Pharmacy now automatically applies coupons on select brand name drugs
Amazon Pharmacy now automatically applies coupons on select brand name drugs Amazon Pharmacy announced today that it will now automatically apply manufacturer coupons on brand name drugs to an eligible patient’s order. The…
Hear Oma Fertility and Root Ventures talk male IVF challenges on TechCrunch Live
Hear Oma Fertility and Root Ventures talk male IVF challenges on TechCrunch Live Building a company during the pandemic is hard; raising $71.5 million in the fertility sector, an impressive feat at…
Seed funding finds fertile ground with Mate Fertility
Seed funding finds fertile ground with Mate Fertility Fertility treatment is a huge industry, but traditionally it has been very geographically and demographically limited. U.S. fertility clinics are concentrated in the top…
Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball
Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball Truth, as the saying goes, is often stranger than fiction. The very notion of resurrecting the long-extinct woolly mammoth was the stuff of…